Multiple Choice Quiz- Critical Thinking

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QUESTION 1

1. Accepting an unsuitable practice because doing so follows an accepted way of doing things.

	A.	Categorical Proposition
	B.	Irrelevant Reason
	C.	Traditional Wisdom
	D.	Worldview

1 points

QUESTION 2

1. A way of saying something that literally says one thing though the intended meaning is something else, usually opposite to its literal meaning.

	A.	Irony
	B.	Puffery
	C.	Analogy
	D.	Tokenism

1 points

QUESTION 3

1. The positive or negative overtones of a word or expression.

	A.	Denial
	B.	Composition
	C.	Emotive Meaning
	D.	Biased Statistics

1 points

QUESTION 4

1. The fallacy in which a wrong is justified on the grounds that lots or most others do that sort of thing.

	A.	Ad Hominem Attack
	B.	Suppressed Evidence
	C.	Irrelevant Reason
	D.	Common Practice

1 points

QUESTION 5

1. A reason offered in support of an argument’s conclusion.

	A.	Worldview
	B.	Categorical Proposition
	C.	Premise
	D.	Equivocation

1 points

QUESTION 6

1. The predicate of the conclusion of a syllogism.

	A.	Major Term
	B.	Tokenism
	C.	Composition
	D.	Questionable Premise

1 points

QUESTION 7

1. To attempt to take advantage of the failure of one’s opponent to cross every t and dot every i, to spell out what should be taken for granted.

	A.	Provincialism
	B.	Appeal to Authority
	C.	Quibble
	D.	Questionable Cause

1 points

QUESTION 8

1. Generalized, vague, or exaggerated claims, particularly when asserted humorously

	A.	Claim
	B.	Concatenated Reasoning
	C.	Slanting
	D.	Puffery

1 points

QUESTION 9

1. A questionable analogy.

	A.	Delusion
	B.	Faulty Comparison
	C.	Mood
	D.	Premise

1 points

QUESTION 10

1. The tendency to keep our beliefs, and thus our actions, within the bounds of what society as a whole will accept.

	A.	Herd Instinct
	B.	Irrelevant Reason
	C.	Biased Statistics
	D.	Claim

1 points

QUESTION 11

1. Valid reasoning from justified premises that include all likely relevant information.

	A.	Higher Level Inductions
	B.	Rationalization
	C.	Slippery Slope Reasoning
	D.	Cogent Reasoning

1 points

QUESTION 12

1. The attitudes or feelings expressed by a passage.

	A.	Essay
	B.	Tone
	C.	Questionable Cause
	D.	Form

1 points

QUESTION 13

1. Assuming as a premise some form of the very point that is at issue - the conclusion we intend to prove.

	A.	Biased Statistics
	B.	Questionable Analogy
	C.	Suppressed Evidence
	D.	Begging the Question

1 points

QUESTION 14

1. A word that appears to make little or no change in a passage while in fact sucking out most of its content.

	A.	Suppression
	B.	Composition
	C.	Delusion
	D.	Weasel Word

1 points

QUESTION 15

1. A strong belief held despite strong evidence invalidating it.

	A.	Rationalization
	B.	Common Practice
	C.	Dilemma
	D.	Delusion

1 points

QUESTION 16

1. Believing that something is true because there is no good evidence that it is false.

	A.	Pseudoscientific Theories
	B.	Loyalty
	C.	Appeal to Ignorance
	D.	Either-Or Fallacy

1 points

QUESTION 17

1. Arguing for a course of action by showing that likely alternatives are less desirable.

	A.	Comparison of Alternatives
	B.	Higher-Level Induction
	C.	Major Term
	D.	Premise

1 points

QUESTION 18

1. Mistakenly reasoning from two alternatives, one claimed to be bad (to be avoided), so that we ought to choose the other alternative in particular when there is at least another viable alternative.

	A.	Either-Or Fallacy
	B.	Composition
	C.	False Charge
	D.	Questionable Premise

1 points

QUESTION 19

1. A theory that is without an actual scientific foundation.

	A.	Delusional
	B.	Irrelevant Reason
	C.	Pseudoscientific
	D.	Traditional Wisdom

1 points

QUESTION 20

1. Misrepresentation wherein a true statement is made to suggest something else.

	A.	Questionable Cause
	B.	Irony
	C.	Slanting
	D.	Self-deception QUESTION 21 1. For each of the following questions provide a short answer (1-3 sentences). On your way to a restaurant you notice a billboard advertising a local gym. There is a picture of a fit, young man and woman in workout clothes, laughing. To one side is the name of the gym, and on the other is the following sentence:”Who Says Working Out Can’t Be Fun?” Which of the two basic kinds of advertisements would this fall under? Why? QUESTION 22 1. By the time you reach the restaurant, you are no longer feeling hungry because the billboard made you realize how out of shape you have become. As you try to figure out the best light beer to buy from the list, you remember that one advertises with the slogan, “The Ultimate Light Beer Experience,” and decide to give it a try. This slogan can be termed as “puffery.” Why? QUESTION 23 1. 1. After dinner, you go home and flip through the mail. You find a direct mailing from a local car dealership advertising a 3.5% interest rate and $1500 rebate on the purchase of a new car. There is also a fine print statement at the bottom of the page that says, “Offer only good through Friday for buyers with a credit rating of 850 or better interested in buying a gray, 4-Door 2011 Chevy Impala.” What would you call this final disclaimer and why?